Ivanpah is an abandoned ghost town located on the boundaries of the Mojave National Preserve. The town was founded in 1869 and existed through the 1880’s. It was located as a stop on the Union Pacific Railroad and had silver and copper mining activities. There are several places to explore spread across a few different areas, all within a few miles of each other.
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Something doesn’t make sense:if the town was founded in1869,it says it existed through the 1880s?! If a outlaw happen to have been there in 1897 how could that saloon also, not exist past 1880’s! Answer on facebook! Thank you.
Hi Chrisy – Not sure what outlaw & saloon you’re referring to, but what I’ve found in researching some of these old mining camps & deserted towns is that there’s often some conflicting information. Sometimes, a town wasn’t fully abandoned, but “most’ of it was with the majority of people and shops moving on. Plus, I’m guessing they weren’t the best at record keeping in some of these old places, as they were just looking to survive (and find gold!). Some of the conflicting information is the charm, too…adds to the mystery. Thanks! Paul
That’s because these are homesteads. Abandoned from the 11940s and 50s you are looking at in pictures . Everything else is heresay. Someone, something, or some random state agencies is/are naming these areas. Just very recently. To appear as though these “villages” “camps” ghost “towns” weren’t transient. These people moved around frequently as they mined. Setting up camp doesn’t rate this on a map. And naming it after a road through a national park reserve seems too obvious. Get a geography book from the 50s if you want to know a truer indication of what was or wasn’t where the internet now affirms these newly named areas. You’d be surprised to find out just how recent all this “historical” info came to be .